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Post by toonbon on Jun 29, 2015 1:32:11 GMT
I have a photograph of the people in a business and one of them, the girl on the far right, has been replaced: zackel.com/200/images/img_7349_front.jpg If I have the replacement girl stand in the same place for a photograph is there a chance I could splice her in with Photoshop Elements and have it look natural? Everyone else looks so great in the photograph. I hate to waste all those smiles. Thanks for any ideas. |
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dicklaxt
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Post by dicklaxt on Jun 29, 2015 1:39:49 GMT
You mean she no longer work's there and you want to put her replacement in the pic?
If so thats doable so you can hardly tell. I couldn't do it with out doing some research as I've been away but it is not a difficult task I don't think.Nice clear pic BTW
dick
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Post by Sepiana on Jun 29, 2015 1:52:27 GMT
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Post by toonbon on Jun 29, 2015 6:23:38 GMT
Dick,
Thanks for the reply. Yes, she no longer works there and I want to put her replacement in the picture. Thanks for the comment on the picture. It was taken with a Canon 70D.
Sepiana,
Thanks for the references. That should get me going!
Toonbon
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2015 6:40:44 GMT
If Photomerge Group Shot doesn't do what you need, another option you could try is Photomerge Scene Cleaner where you take a series of photos (2 or more) of a scene and then choose the best parts of each to create a new composite photo.
It works well provided you can align the photos accurately in the set up.
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Post by Sepiana on Jun 29, 2015 6:45:28 GMT
Sepiana, Thanks for the references. That should get me going! Toonbon Toonbon, you are most welcome! Glad to help. Post back if you have any further questions. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jun 29, 2015 9:01:24 GMT
I have done a few jobs like that. Another option, providing you have access to the same store-front, is to take a few pictures of the location with just the building and no people, trying to maintain as close as possible the original camera position, lighting, and such. Then take a few pictures with the new person standing in the same spot and also a bit more to the right. Armed with these pictures, I would first splice the closest match vacant spot picture onto the original group picture, such that it appears that the right side girl was never ever there. Then, from the closest match picture of the new girl, depending on which worked out better, I would either select/extract her and then place her into the new vacant spot we just created for her; or, I would splice the closest match picture of her onto the newly created picture that has the vacant place for her. All of this is done using layers. Nobody ever thinks of these situations at the time of original capture; but, once the tripod is set up, a person should take a few shots of the location with no people there, before taking the group pictures. Thus, when such situations occur later, one is prepared for such manipulations. I hope this helps.  |
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